assen town square today: completely redesigned to favour pedestrians and cyclists: traffic and...
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Assen town square today: completely redesigned to favour pedestrians and cyclists: traffic and parked cars
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In Brent we have an environment totally cluttered-up with cars, as they had in the Netherlands in the
1970s, before they changed policy: Edgware Road in Colindale
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In the Netherlands now, the space on main roads is just used completely differently: Assen
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Part of the Go Dutch campaign is having concrete proposals for how London’s major roads and junctions can be made cycle friendly: LCC’s proposed design for
Blackfriars
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Sometimes only a small change is necessary: road leading to One Tree Hill Rec. in Alperton that is no-entry
for all
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...when it could easily have been provided, like King Henry’s Road, Camden, with a no-entry bypass for bikes
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But many other roads in Brent require major re-engineering to make them work for cycling: the A5 at
Staples Corner
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Most cycle “facilities” in the UK don’t work: they are bad designs and in the wrong places: Staples Corner
West
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But decent-quality provision for cycling in the right places is possible in London, and has been done: Royal College Street,
Camden
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Official cycle routes in Brent on minor roads are often very unsatisfactory because of restricted width and too
much parking: Chapter Road, by Dollis hill tube
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Even wider residential roads are hazardous because of parked cars and the danger of opening doors: Mollison
Way, Queensbury
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Compare with a residential road in the Netherlands of very similar width to Mollison
Way
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Much traffic calming on residential roads is not good for cyclists as it creates extra hazards: road in Wembley
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In Brent, cycle paths are generally not present even where they would be easy to provide in open spaces: Fryent Way,
Kingsbury
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The Mayor’s Cycle Superhighways have potential to change things for the better but they have not been consistently well-
done: CS3, Barking
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Brent has potential as a “Biking Borough” but needs far better planning and far more investment: Old Church Lane,
Kingsbury
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More information
•www.brentcyclists.org.uk
•www.lcc.org.uk
•www.cycling-embassy.org.uk
•www.sustrans.org.uk
•www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com